Expensive statues stolen from Williamhurst yard

    June 29, 2011

    Police in New Castle County are look for four statues stolen from a yard in Wilmington’s Williamhurst community.

    Worth $10,000 each, the statues went missing over the weekend, WHYY’s Mark Fowser reports.

    And stealing them must have not been a small feat. Each of the black stone statues, imported from Zimbabwe, are two to three feet tall and weight about 150 lbs.

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